The Band

Tolerance is a Progressive Rock band formed on April 2003 by Ricardo Figueroa (vocals) and Rodrigo Nunez (drums). After several line-up changes and ten years of hard work the band consolidates itself in 2008 and their debut album called â€śWhen Time Stopsâ€ś is finally released by Musea records in April 2013.

Tolerance's debut album is full of musicianship defined by overwhelming drumming, powerful guitar riffs, clever keyboards arrangements and remarkable vocals. Their lyrics are related to topics such as existence, science, politics and environmental issues. Some of the most important band's influences are: Deep Purple, Rush, Steve Vai, Magellan, Planet X, Living Colour and Dream Theater among others.

"When Time Stops" was recorded and mixed in Caracas, Venezuela and mastered in Nashville, TN, USA. Some Venezuelan guest musicians took part of this recording including three bassists. Tolerance's current line-up is: Ricardo Figueroa on vocals, Carlos Cabrices on guitars, Antonio Ramirez on keyboards and Rodrigo Nunez on Drums.

4. We were featured on Stencil Magazine, which is a very important online publication from UK.

5. We were featured on ProgPower USA XIV event program on page 30. ProgPower is a very important ProgRock and Metal festival.

6. We were featured on Progression Magazine. This magazine is one the most important Progressive Rock publications in the world. Headquarters are in USA and it is distributed in more than 40 countries.

7. We got airplay on some radio stations around the world.

8. We were featured on "Nuestro Rock" which is a DVD video compilation of Spanish and Latinamerican Rock Bands.

When Time Stops

Our debut Album!

"When time stops, some people will understand they canâ€™t escape from consequences while others will find opportunities and new horizons. Some will figure out who they are, where they are and where they are heading. When time stops and reality shows a different face, their challenge will be to make the right questions for the answers they truly need, not what they have always been told, so they can make the right choices in life there upon."

Lyrics

1 Lutin (06:58)

[ Lyrics: R. Velasco / Music: R. Figueroa ]

Good evening Ladies and friends, always be welcome to this everlasting play
We'll dream in middle of time, waste a small life through the eons of time.
Now that it has begun, just pay the price and you will be entertained.
Listen to this small Lutin, because he's the guide in the journey to your inner self.

Relieve your soul from the dark age hours
Le Monde is now a place thatâ€™s spinning on an empty shinning rail
Realms of men haven't seen yet the meaning of these signs of time.
Don't let your smile ever fade behind this law of sightlessness

Now please only take my hand, Walk through the shadows and break the fraise
At last you will comprehend, And learn the real name written on your face
It's your moment of life, don't be a stupid man, just don't let it go
This is my gift to you, It was mended by the old man
Don't let your answer be: good bye.

Relieve your soul from the dark age hours
Le Monde is now a place thatâ€™s spinning on an empty shinning rail
Realms of men haven't seen yet the meaning of these signs of time.
Don't let your smile ever fade behind this law of sightlessness

â€śI've been the lonely man, the forefather of your feelingsâ€ť
Returned by you on liquid days to answer all your prayersâ€¦
You instead are small court jesters, been betrayed by your own laugh
Listen to me, I am the word, with a black liquid mask
â€śJust look at me, Reflect yourselfâ€ť, Facing oblivion.

You instead are small court jesters, been betrayed by your own laugh
Listen to me, I am the word, The word that contains your rebirth...
Failure is your name and nothing else,
I'm who I am, the betrayer of your feelings,
I'll be the winner at last.

2 When Time Stops (05:13)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music: R. NuĂ±ez, R. Figueroa ]

This unexpected landscape, this version of my self,
Where did it come from?
I canâ€™t even figure out the signs.
Cantâ€™ believe this situation, this turning point in life,
What should I do now?
I played by the rules every time.

I believed I was going home, I was unbreakable.
But Iâ€™m here dealing with a maze inside my head.

When time stops Iâ€™ll laugh at my wounds
and let the wind own my mistakes.
I know thereâ€™s room for a heart that begs for a chance.

I feel Iâ€™m disconnected, Unable to react
Iâ€™m becoming a witness to my collapsing dreams.
Canâ€™t believe this situation, these ashes in my hands,
What should I do now?
I played by the rules every time.

I believed I was going home, I was unbreakable.
Here I am trying to get around insanity.

When time stops Iâ€™ll laugh at my wounds
and let the wind own my mistakes.
I know thereâ€™s room for a heart that begs for a chance.

I believed I was going home, I was unbreakable.
But Iâ€™m here dealing with a maze inside my head.

When time stops Iâ€™ll laugh at my wounds
and let the wind own my mistakes.
I know thereâ€™s room for a heart that begs for a chance.

3 Different Skies (09:14)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music: R. Figueroa, R.NuĂ±ez ]

Bored, Unfulfilled, he finds himself confined to his humanity.
Frail, obsolete, he yearns to exceed the limits of reality.
Thinks itâ€™s time to make amends to evolutionary flaws.
Time to redefine ourselves and embrace an underrated truth.
We can make a brand new world, go beyond our skills and forms
Grand designs, technologies, think about our possibilitiesâ€¦

These are different skies, full of roads to survive.
Wisdom is required as we read between the lines.
These are different skies, overflowed, full of trials.
Sharpness must prevail, too many dreams running wild.

Thrilled, soaked in dreams, heâ€™s eager to fulfill his posthumanity.
Never turning back , heâ€™s sure about the power in his hands.
Iâ€™m not only flesh and bones, he must know Iâ€™m so much more.
Iâ€™m voracious, unrestrained, Iâ€™m absurd, an idiot filled with pride.
Canâ€™t believe heâ€™s unaware of the pitfalls in my head.
Grand designs?, technologies?, will he deal with my stupidity?.

Weâ€™re walking insecure. Still learning about the world we made.
Weâ€™re like kids wearing adult skins.
Reliable, yet careless,
Weâ€™re cautious but hungryâ€¦

These are different skies, full of roads to survive.
Wisdom is required as we read between the lines.
These are different skies, full of thorns, full of trials
Sharpness must prevail, too many dreams running wild.

Deep inside lies a hopeful man, struggling to go on,
looking for a sign of a future with a smile.
Promise me thereâ€™ll be no excuse, weâ€™ll learn humility
Tell me we will mend our ways, Tell me we wonâ€™t fail.

Weâ€™re walking insecure. Still getting used to the toys we made.
Weâ€™re reliable, yet careless,
Weâ€™re cautious, but hungryâ€¦

These are different skies, full of roads to survive.
Wisdom is required as we read between the lines.
These are different skies, overflowed, full of trials.
Sharpness must prevail, too many dreams running wild.

4 Drifted (05:57)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music: R. Figueroa, C. Cabrices. ]

Overwhelmed by the sights in my mirror,
Iâ€™ve found out, I must confess.
I must pick up the pieces, let them know I regret.
Explanations, I cannot give,
But I suppose someday Iâ€™ll figure out the reasons.
Iâ€™m so sorry, but I must have been driven by an impulse of my primitive selfâ€¦

Calm down, donâ€™t say a word, thereâ€™s no reason to speak
Consequences, cannot be stopped, do not heed your disgrace
Understand your mission is unique, must survive at any cost
Trust me, Iâ€™m not disturbed, Iâ€™m just being driven by your primitive selfâ€¦

I remember when it used to be a whisper,
When it was something I overlooked.
Now I feel I canâ€™t keep on feeding my indifference.

I have told them life is like a playground to be wrong,
But itâ€™s not that simple for them causeâ€™ I had meant to give them hope.
Now Iâ€™m just a great example of a decadent man ,
who's too helpless and too foolish to avoid the fall.

I have told them life is like a playground to be wrong,
But itâ€™s not that simple for them causeâ€™ I had meant to give them hope.
Now Iâ€™m just a great example of a decadent man,
who's too helpless and too foolish to avoid the fall â€¦

I rememberâ€¦ I had meant to give them hope
Now Iâ€™m just an example of a foolish man,
who's been crawling, who's been hiding to avoid the fallâ€¦

5 Blind Spot (04:35)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music: R. Figueroa, R.NuĂ±ez, C. Cabrices ]

Here I am dealing with hypocrites,
Dealing with some nasty ways of mind
Here I am, understanding rules, going through this mediocrity
Neither forms nor questions at all, you will find in this place
Relax, insanity does the job
Hunting, taking, somebody puts me down
Once again, Iâ€™m a victim of my world.

Why must I hear the laughter of history ?, Iâ€™m just a consequence of evolution.
Why must I bear this distress and remain exposed to foolishness ?
Everyday I feel I get to a dead end, I â€™m longing for horizons, longing for
something to hold, whatâ€™s beyond the wall?

Here I am, looking for a name
Sitting at the peak of my decay
Here I am, scraping faces off
Watching how my fingers start to bleed
Thereâ€™s no name, just a silly game no one gets out sane
Sucking in is the order of the day
No pain, no gain, this is the heritage
Emptiness has become our reality.

Why must I turn on myself and keep my mind underground ?
Why must I give up my feelings to play someone elseâ€™s role ?
Everyday I feel I get to a dead end, I â€™m longing for horizons, longing for
something to hold, whatâ€™s beyond the wall?

â€śIâ€™m trapped among routines, staring at deceit and waiting for the ultimate
doom, this is what itâ€™s all about, isnâ€™t it.
Iâ€™ve tried to keep myself away but itâ€™s been tough because I belong to the
circle, And the circle is mine
Iâ€™m paying the price and I just canâ€™t help it
Exits are hard to findâ€¦ What if there are no exits, what if exit is I,
that possible?â€ť

whatâ€™s beyond the wall?

6 Meeting The Path (05:51)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music. M. Vilches, D. Mejicano, R. Figueroa ]

Looking at the pages of my memories, I hear a calling.
Breaking in the silence of my inner space, so suddenly.
I walk to the mirror to meet an old friend of mine.
He claims for me, feels my weaknessâ€¦ Heâ€™s come to explain.

Hello Iâ€™m here once again
I hope you understand Iâ€™m just a way.

Years have passed, and doubts are coming into view, itâ€™s time to balance.
Iâ€™m so frightened of this feeling haunting meâ€¦uncertainty.

My deeds seem to lose their meaning, going through disarray.
Donâ€™t let my life hanging on the edge, please get me out.

Life is not an infinite trap
You must know the path is long.
Show me no regret, Let me know youâ€™re facing reality.
Show me confidence and find shelter in your heart, itâ€™s a fleeting world

Life is not a shaped paradise
You must know the path is long,
â€śat the end, thereâ€™s always a lightâ€¦â€ť

Hello Iâ€™m here once again
I hope you understand Iâ€™m just a way.

Show me no regret, Let me know youâ€™re facing reality.
Show me confidence and find shelter in your heart.
Show me no despair, Let me know youâ€™re willing to go on.
Show me you can feel the chance to follow all your dreams.

7 Beware Of The Birds (05:23)

[ Lyrics: R. Figueroa / Music: R. Figueroa ]

Breathe...What do you feel?
Power.
Searchâ€¦What do you see?
Resources.

Thinkâ€¦

Breathe...How do you feel?
Sickâ€¦
Searchâ€¦.What do you see?
Pollution â€¦

8 The Greatest Plan (09:22)

Call my name, and I will serve you well.
Iâ€™ve been so long without a face but now Iâ€™m real.
Lost and found, itâ€™s how I feel today.
A dream fulfilled, new ways reveal before my eyes...idealized...

Itâ€™s your time to get more than leftovers off a plate.
Follow me up into the dawn of a new life, Iâ€™ve got the key in my hands.
No more excuse, cross the line, break the system.
Yes my friend, I know what has been running through your head.
Hungerâ€™s coming to an endâ€¦Look around! â€¦

My fears are gone. now I will find a way.

Donâ€™t call my name, I will not be around.
I realize Iâ€™ve been a puppet all this time.
Futile words, itâ€™s all Iâ€™ve got today.
That worn-out veil canâ€™t hide your faking anymoreâ€¦that trick is over...

Feed the lie to feed the hope, the greatest plan of all
Hope is your cover to deceive for a new life. Iâ€™m the key in your hands.
Iâ€™m the pawn, Iâ€™m the sheep, Iâ€™m weak.
Yes, at last I know what has been running through your head.
This mocking is coming to an endâ€¦ Look around!.

My fears are gone, now I will find a way. A way of my ownâ€¦.

Bow your head, thereâ€™s someone there to celebrate control.
Let your vice satisfy the mind, itâ€™s calling to us all.
I might say this is our fate but truth remains on the sly.
Who will kneel, who will raise their voice?, we choose a line to stand.

Foolishness has taken me to submission, your sweet vision.
And itâ€™s such a gift; youâ€™re living it, the thrill of powerâ€¦
Feed the lie to feed the hope, the greatest plan of all,
For allâ€¦To hold.

Bow your head, thereâ€™s someone there to celebrate control.
Let your vice satisfy the mind, itâ€™s calling to us all.
I might say this is our fate but truth remains on the sly.
Who will kneel, who will raise their voice?, we choose a line to stand.

Credits

Produced by Ricardo Figueroa and Carlos Cabrices.
Arranged by Tolerance.
All lyrics by Ricardo Figueroa except â€śLutinâ€ť by Raul Velasco.
All Music by Ricardo Figueroa, Rodrigo NuĂ±ez and Carlos Cabrices except â€śMeeting The
Pathâ€ť written by Miguel Vilches, Demian Mejicano and Ricardo Figueroa and â€śThe Greatest
Planâ€ť written by Ricardo Figueroa, Rodrigo NuĂ±ez, Carlos Cabrices and Demian Mejicano.

All drums recorded by Juan Carlos Socorro at Recording House Studios except â€śBeware Of
The Birdsâ€ť and â€śDifferent Skiesâ€ť recorded by Luis Vasquez at Rock & Folk Studios.
Henry Paulâ€™s bass recorded by Henry Paul at The Hole Studio.
Pepe Perez Riveroâ€™s bass recorded by Gregory Seabra at StudioSonica.
Enrique Perezâ€™s bass recorded by Ricardo Figueroa at FutureSound Studio.
Henry Paul and Enrique Perezâ€™s bass reamp by Greagory Seabra at StudioSonica.
Electric Guitars Recorded by Carlos Cabrices at C7 Studio.

Acoustic Guitars Recorded by Juan Carlos Socorro at Recording House Studios.
Keyboards recorded by Ricardo Figueroa at FutureSound Studio.
Cello and Violin recorded by Gregory Seabra at StudioSonica.
All vocals recorded by Gregory Seabra at StudioSonica.